Out-patiente Management for Gangrenous Acute Appendicitis: The PENDI-CSI II Randomized Clinical Trial.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age14+
SponsorFundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla

About this trial

PHASE II-III CLINICAL TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF DISCHARGE TO OUTPATIENT SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SURGERY.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Acute gangrenous appendicitis confirmed during surgery.

Patient who meets the criteria to be discharged on an outpatient basis

Signature of informed consent.

Older than 14 years of age

Disqualifiers

- Uncomplicated appendectomy.

Intra-operative purulent or faecaloid peritonitis

Appendicular abscess or plastron diagnosed by imaging.

Paralytic ileus preventing oral tolerance.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • outpatient surgery
  • Hospitalization

Treatment groups

122 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups